UW Madison Bio Top Grade Compiled Questions and Correct Answers 2024

biology - Study of life Properties of life - order, energy processing, regulations, response to the environment, reproduction, growth and development, and evolutionary adaptation Types of prokaryotes - bacteria and archaea Kingdoms of eukaryotes - Animalia, protis, fungi, and plants What makes an animal an animal - eukaryote, multicellular has tissues no stiff cell walls gets nutrition from other organisms motility specific developmental patterns Covalent bonds - sharing of electrons between atoms Water - solvent of life polar molecule Can form hydrogen bonds Non-polar covalent bonds - share electrons equally Polar covalent bonds - electrons not shared equally dissolve in water Important polar covalent bonds - O-H+ N-H+ S-H+ Hydrogen bond - attraction of partial charges Organic molecules - carbon containing large molecules energy stored in covalent bonds Hydroxyl - Carboxyl - Amino - Organic macromolecules - Carbohydrates Lipids Proteins Nucleic acids How to make polymers - dehydration reaction monomer in, water out How to break down polymers - hydrolysis water in, monomer out Monomer - O + O